PERSONNEL OF SKODA WORKS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND ABROAD; CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS IN INDIA

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• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: July 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Personnel of Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia and
. Abroad; Construction of Dams in India
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a. Skrdvaneks Assistant General Director, financial experts and chief of
the Skoda>d Kovo economics departments.
b. KrassWs Director and chief of Department No. 1 (heavy machinery).
c, 24izeras ' Assistant to Director Krasny.
d. Ing. Petr (Department No. 1), anti-Comrlnnist?
e. Ing. Smeykal (Department No. 1), who had been assigned to Iran out had
been unable to obtain an entry visa in April 1949; he is anti-Communist,
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1.11 Dr. Ing. Fabingee is General Director of the Czech Metallurgical !,Yorks.
I Ing. Alfons Polzer, a former Social Democrat, is Assistant General Director
in charge of administration at Skoda and the Czech rye ;allurgical ' Torks. He
was administrative head of the.Skooda Teheran office in 1938.
2. Ing. Ibibeska, former Director of the Export Department, Technical Sections
failed in his plan to expand the Skoda office in India, even though he had
received the support of the Czech government. He had been preparing to go
to India in order to head this newly enlarged office, when the Czech gav'er>rr-
rtent directed that the expansion not take place. It as rumored that the
Soviet Embassy in Prague had been responsible for this decision.. A lawyer
named Kleinerq who is with the Czech Construction Works in Prague, is also re-'
ported to have interfered withthis plan and also with an agreement betwaen
the Czech Construction Works and Major Dewnn Jermani. Dass in Delhi, India.,
for the construction of two large dams in India, one In Eaparthala and the
other in Patiala. '-rte noar-Cowunist chief engineers at the Lanna Works
(sic) had been assigned to the project. Among them was Dr., Jirausek who
has studied dam construction in Switzerland in 1948. Major Dass is said
to have been greatly disillusioned by the failure of this plan to material-
ize. This project was believdto be advantageous to both the Czech Con-
struction Works and India because that country is plazn the construction
of about 31 larg6 dams within the next 20 years. 1mg. Rubeaka and Ing.
Flabnrich, who has probably returned to India, bad been working on these con-
atruettion plans.
The following persons are employed in the Skoda Works:**
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f. In'. Linhart (Department No. 1), anti-Co_nirunieto
g. Ing. Kalina (Department No. 1), anti-Coramtunist.
h. Ing. Obersal: Director and chief of Department 2 (lathes, etc.). Ile was
recently sent to India to be chief of the Skoda "orks there.
i. Bazika: Director and chief of Department 3 (radios., kitchen tools, Lash
ing machines, ate.; also products of Tesla, I.ikrophona, and Praga).
J. Ing. Jarolirnek: Director of Export Department. Ile is a Communist who is
in good favor with the goverment and was reported to be on route to the
United states. He succeeded Ing. Rubeska who, although still in the sane
department, has almost completely lost his executive powers.
k. Krejci, a director in the Export Department. In 194 he was appointed
to head the Skoda offices in Switzerland but he did not go because he
?id not inspire confidence.
1. Kriz: Chief of the Skoda foreign staff; is anti-Communist.
rz. Zalud: a fanatical Comunist w?io is ^tated to have replaced Krejci.
n. Ing. Dufek: Armanert departrent.
o. Ing. Burianek: A director in the armament department at Plzen in 1938.
p. Ind;. Zacharov: Aria-lent department.
D. Sebek: Chief of Personnel.
The following employees of Skoda and Kovo are serving abroad:
a. Ing, Marty: Director of Skodsat Bombay, India. lie may have been replaced
by one Ob':rsal.
b. In, Leopold llatula. Ile was to be transferred from Bombay to Karachi,
India, as chief of Skoda-Omnipol in July 1949.
c. Ing. Simovich: Chief of Skoda at Karachi since June 194.
d. Joseph Zanda: Director of Skoda at Teheran, Iran.
e. Ing. Jiskra: A sugar factory specialist with ^koda at Beirut, Syria.
f. Ing. Kwitnicky: A sugar factory specialist at Beirut,
g. Ing. Tykac: A sugar factory specialist at Beirut.
h. Demel: Director of Skoda at Kabul, Afghanistan; he is considered to be
anti--Corr-~unist.
i. Ing;, Krejci: A gun specialist with S'coda at 3uenos Airs, Arcentina, for
several years.
k, Rudoph Czakrt: Director or representative of ^koda in Cairo, Egypt,
1. Turecek: Chief accountant of Skoda*, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
m. Seyfettin Kayatilrk: ^koda representative in Ankara, Turkey.
n. Ing. Buchtele:. Skoda representative in Istanbul, Turkey.
o. Kadlec:. Skoda worker in Istanbul.
p. Persatn: Skoda corker in Istanbul.
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5? The principal tasks of the branch offices of Skoda are to acquire customers
for Skoda products, to secure a sufficient nw'iber of specialists for the
construction of factories and nac inert' sold abroad such as electric poc?.er
stations, and to fulfill contracts.
Comments This is no doubt Dr. Ing. prar?tisek Fabinger, mho has
been previously retorted in 25X1 A
Coznnenn: It is not knoim at what specific factory of the Skoda
Works these persons are employed.
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